Das Münchner Minnekästchen : Untersuchungen zur Echtheitsfrage

Studies the diminutive wooden box (Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum), which dates from 1250-1260. Discusses the iconography of the carved decoration, and notes that the box was originally probably decorated in polychrome in imitation of ivory. Provides a hypothetical reconstruction of the box in its original colored state. Through an examination of its materials and of documents and lore relating to it, supports the contention that the casket is in fact a genuine work of the 13th c. ;